The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) is the state agency designated to administer Title IV-B and IV-E programs, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), and the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program.

As I enter my fourth year as the Executive Director of the Oklahoma-City County Health Department I am pleased to offer you the 2012-13 Annual Report. The pages that follow will provide a glimpse into the multitude of activities and improvements we...

The objective of this plan is to set clear priorities for the implementation of wildfire mitigation in the Kingfisher Fire District henceforth referred to as Kingfisher. This includes prioritized recommendations for the community as a whole and...

Dear Child Care Provider, The mission of Oklahoma Child Care Services is to ensure that children and their families have access to licensed, affordable, quality child care. We accomplish this mission by offering support and guidance as well as...

On behalf of Smart Start Oklahoma, I am pleased to present the State Fiscal Year 2013 Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Annual Report. This year, the Partnership Board has identified the need to improve the ability to connect existing early...

In Program Year 2012, the Governor’s Council for Workforce and Economic Development was tasked with coming up with two game-changers by Governor Mary Fallin. In order to identify the game changers, the Council developed the following framework for...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is pleased to send you a copy of the 2011 Annual Summary of Infectious Diseases. The information contained in this report consolidates summaries of communicable disease surveillance and investigations...

Governor Mary Fallin’s FY-2013 budget consists of the following two documents.; This document is the larger of the two and includes detailed historical financial information about each agency of state government. The information is arranged by...

Vaccines for Children Program; What is the Vaccines for Children Program? * The Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program is a federal entitlement program that began October 1, 1994. This program supplies vaccine to participating providers. * The goal of...

As child care providers, we know that one of your most important roles is to do all that you can to keep every child in your care healthy and safe. This handbook will help you by providing up-to-date information on health and safety issues.; The...

This report documents public schools, private schools, vocational-technical schools and university and college enrollments for 2010. This information was collected for all the above mentioned institutions in the OCARTS area by traffic analysis zone.

On June 6th, 2010 Senate Bill 1633, otherwise known as the "School District Transparency Act" was signed into law. This law, effective November 1, 2010, requires that the Oklahoma State Department of Education make available certain information on...

Top 10 Benefits of a Healthy Marriage, Quizzes, Plus More!; How to Make Your Relationship Blossom; Dealing with the Family Tree; Weed Out Money Problems; As you are planning for and/or beginning your marriage, you have a ready partner in the...

Loss of employment can be a traumatic experience for everyone involved. The Rapid Response Team of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission was designed to assist employers, employees and communities when a mass layoff or plant closure appears...

The Title V Program in Oklahoma is administered by two state agencies. The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) administers programs for pregnant women, mothers, infants, children and their families through the Maternal and Child Health...

Oklahoma Disease Reporting Summary; The information contained in this summary consolidates surveillance and reports of disease in Oklahoma for [year]. Specifically it contains: 1) information on infectious disease reports at the state and county...

For: Parents & Family, Self-Advocates, Professionals; Partners learn how to work individually and together, along with public officials and professionals, to promote positive change in public and private systems that support people with...

The educational success of Oklahoma children is a top priority. Nothing could be more essential to our state’s future. The programs described in this annual report, taken together, position Oklahoma’s public school students for the demands of the...

Following is the State of Oklahoma’s Strategic Five-year State Workforce Investment System Plan for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Wagner-Peyser Act. The plan covers the period from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2017. This plan...

The Education Oversight Board and the Office of Accountability are pleased to present this school performance review for Arkoma Public Schools (APS). This review is intended to help APS contain costs, improve management strategies and
operations,...

How Much Can a Paper Clip Hold?; From Former Slave to Oklahoma Marshal [Bass Reeves]; Test Your Women's History I.Q., Fifteen women to identify by their achievements; The Literature Connection [the Holocaust]; Muslim Children in Indonesia; What...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This document broadly describes community development, housing, and homeless needs in the State of Oklahoma and the goals, strategies, and resources to be used to address those needs. It also includes related information on past...

These are unprecedented times for public health in Oklahoma. On June 1, 2001, the Oklahoma State Department of Health was placed “under new management” with the appointment of Dr. Leslie Beitsch as the state's Commission of Healtdh.; To assure the...

To help raise awareness about infant mortality among key leaders, the Oklahoma Leadership Summit on Infant Mortality was held October 1, 2012. The goal of the Summit was to influence stakeholders to take action toward improving birth outcomes in...

During the 2009-10 program year, the Oklahoma 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) program served 17,227 students. The students were served by 66 different subgrantees who operated 100 centers located primarily in Central and Eastern...

Returning to work can be a stressful and emotional time for mothers. You may be worried about leaving your new baby, while wondering if you can continue breastfeeding. Many mothers continue to breastfeed after they return to work. You can too!